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“Brie Larson gets the shot as war photographer Mason Weaver in ‘Kong: Skull Island.’ (Photo: Chuck Zlotnick)
Brie Larson didn’t just portray Vietnam-era war photographer Mason Weaver in Kong: Skull Island (in theaters nationwide Friday). She also shot the part.
The Oscar-wi
ing actress, 27, packed the Canon AE-1 film camera she’s had since high school and in between scenes chronicled her six-month Kong journey to Australia, Vietnam and Hawaii. On camera for Kong, Larson wielded Weaver’s Leica.
“I started taking pictures to get into Weaver’s mindset, but also because I was in such beautiful locations with such incredible, emotive actors,” says Larson. “It was a great opportunity to capture these moments.”
Months later, Larson developed the film and re-lived Kong.
“They really captured the experience,” says Larson. “And I’m just amazed that they all turned out.”
Here are excerpts from Larson’s photo journey.
High cheekbones in the bone graveyard
Tom Hiddleston as photographed by Brie Larson. (Photo: Brie Larson)”

“In case you havenu2019t heard, film is making a comeback. Itu2019s not just small companies funding new film stocks on Kickstarter, eitheru2014Kodak is bringing back Ektachrome and u201cinvestigatingu201d what it would take to bring back Kodachrome. Thereu2019s never been a better time to revisit one of the greatest film cameras ever made.
DigitalRev TVu2019s latest episode of AnalogRev is an ode to the great Canon AE-1, a 35mm film SLR that u201cchanged the gameu201d if youu2019ll allow a clichu00e9.
Introduced in 1976, the Canon AE-1 Series became one of the best selling film SLR cameras of all time, in large part because it was so affordable. Today, you can find them on eBay and Etsy going for anywhere between $60-$200+ depending on the condition itu2019s in and the lenses included.”